GRE Word List
ENIGMA
something hard to understand or explain
The meaning of the word enigma is something hard to understand or explain.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| distort | to twist (see twist |
| flippant | lacking proper respect or seriousness |
| shoddy | a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo |
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| component | a constituent part : ingredient |
| insubstantial | not substantial: such as |